State of Oregon: Strategy & Collaboration

Transfer Council

Background

The Transfer Council was established under SB 233 (2021) with a focus on transfer and articulation across the public institutions in Oregon. It charges Transfer Council with developing recommendations on a common course numbering system and Major Transfer Maps, and addresses other credit transfer-related concerns, building upon the transfer work previously completed under HB 2998 (2017). SB 233 requires the HECC to establish, by rule, a common course numbering system and system of transfer and articulation, based on recommendations from the Transfer Council.

Public Meetings: All public meetings of the Transfer Council and its subcommittees are posted in two places on our site:

Current HECC Public Meetings page of the website: in addition to Transfer Council meetings, this page is where you can find links to all other public meetings of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and its subcommittees
Transfer Council Public Meeting Archive: this page has records of all public meetings of the Transfer Council including past meetings.

In addition, tentative public meeting dates are included under the Meeting and Event Calendar.

Recent and Past Meeting Records: Records of all recent past public meetings of the Council are in Transfer Council Public Meeting Archive.

Transfer Council Members

Name	Transfer Council Position/Term	Affiliation
Benji Henslee	Accelerated College Credit Educator High School, 3-year term*	CTE Certified Business Teacher from Mazama H.S.
Alix Gitelman	Academic Officer, OR Public University, appointed Oct 2021, the 3-year term*	Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Senior Vice Provost, OSU
VACANT	Student, OR Community College, 2-year term
David Plotkin	Academic Officer, OR Community College, appointed Oct 2021, 2-year term	Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, Clackamas CC
Alex Sager	Faculty Member, OR Public University, appointed Oct 2021, 2-year term	Associate Professor and Department Chair
VACANT	High School Student
Kate Sullivan	Faculty Member, OR Community College, appointed Oct 2021, 2-year term	Writing Instructor, Lane CC
Larry Roper	Ex-Officio, non-voting, HECC designee	HECC Commissioner; Professor, School of Language, Culture, and Society, OSU H.S.
Traci Hodgson	Faculty Member, OR Community College, appointed May 2022, the 3-year term*	Professor, Chemeketa CC
Nate Kersey	Student, Oregon Public University, appointed July 2022, 2-year term	Student, U of O
Adam Whalen	Academic Officer, OR High School, appointed June 2022, the 3-year term*	Program Coordinator: Willamette Promise /Control Tower
Susan Jeffords	Academic Officer, OR Public University, appointed Oct 2021, 2-year term	Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, PSU
Tad Shannon	Faculty Member, OR Public University, appointed Oct 2021, the 3-year term*	Associate Professor, Computer Science, WOU
Teresa Rivenes	Academic Officer, OR Community college, appointed Oct 2021, 3-year term*	Vice President, Academic Services Umpqua Community Colleges
Tressa Seydel	Transfer Specialist, OR Public University, appointed Oct 2021, 2-year term	Director of Advising & Operations, EOU
Tyler Hayes	Transfer Specialist, OR Community College, appointed Oct 2021, 2-year term	Director of Admissions/Registrar, Central Oregon CC
*Initial term is only 3 years. If renewed, the subsequent term is 2 years.

Requirements on Membership

The Transfer Council is comprised of representatives from Oregon public universities, community colleges, and secondary education institutions or organizations. Under Senate Bill 233, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) requests nominations for 15 positions to be filled by official students, faculty members, and administrator organizations at Oregon public universities, community colleges, and/or high schools to serve on a Transfer Council beginning in Fall of 2021. The chairperson of the Commission, or a designee of the chairperson of the Commission, serves as a non-voting, ex-officio member.

Transfer Council Subcommittees

The following are subcommittees of the Transfer Council and are charged with advising the Council on Common Course Numbering and Major Transfer Maps. Subcommittee meetings are public and information is available through the same channels as the Council meetings noted above.

Common Course Numbering (CCN) Subcommittees:

CCN 2022-2023 Subcommittees

CCN 2023-2024 Subcommittees

Major Transfer Maps (MTM) Subcommittees: